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01p00"The thing in woman that arouses respect and often enough fear is her 01i00nature02i00, which is “more natural” than man’s nature, her genuine predatory and cunning adaptability, her tiger’s claws under the glove, the naivete of her egotism, her ineducable nature and inner wildness, the incomprehensibility, breadth, and roaming of her desires and virtues. . . . With all this fear, what creates sympathy for this dangerous and beautiful cat “woman” is that she appears to suffer more, to be more vulnerable and in need of love, and to be condemned to suffer disappointment more than any animal. Fear and pity: with these feelings man has stood before woman up to this point, always with one foot already in tragedy, 01b00which tears to pieces while it delights.02b00" 02p
01p00Please help me to get what the author means by "which tears to pieces while it delights."02p
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00 0-02br 00At the same time, it 'delights' us, the audience, in the sense that we find satisfaction in it. (Think of the Greek or Shakespearian tragedies, for example. )02br 00CJ 0-
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